Hold off on that Philadelphia Phillies World Series prediction. The Florida Marlins just might crash the party says ESPN MLB analyst Barry Larkin.

Barry Larkin, who lives in Orlando, spoke with the Sentinel briefly about some of his MLB predictions for the season. Among the Marlins, he’s counting the Atlanta Braves as potential National League crashers. On the American League side, the Boston Red Sox will take home top honors said Larkin, who joined the ESPN MLB broadcast team this year.

“Everybody is talking about Philly and their pitching, but offensively, they’ve got a lot of holes and there’s a questions in consistency there. Other than Philly, I would say Atlanta is probably the next team I think Florida and Atlanta will be battling Philly and there’s definitely a chance for the Marlins to win.

Josh Johnson, I think he’s going to have a monster year. But Mike Stanton is going to have a big-time, breakout season and Hanley Ramirez is going to have another great year.”

What do you think? Do the Florida Marlins have a real shot to win their division?

Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin appears in this 2002 file photo. Larkin, a 12-time all-star who spent his entire 19-year career with the Reds, has retired and joined the Washington Nationals in their front office as a special assistant. (AP Photo/file)

Retired Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has joined ESPN’s Baseball Tonight as an analyst and is scheduled to start in March.

This isn’t the first go-around in television for Barry Larkin. Larkin, a 12-time MLB All-Star, previously worked as a broadcaster for the MLB Network from 2008-10.

“I’m really excited about the opportunity to work at ESPN with Karl Ravech, John Kruk and Bobby Valentine, Baseball Tonight and the whole crew,” Larkin said. “I’ve heard a lot of great things about the place and I’m looking forward to being a part of the team.”

Barry Larkin was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008. He became eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 and finished third out of 33 players on the 2011 Hall of Fame ballot, the highest of non-inducted players, with 62.1 percent of the vote.

Larkin along with this three children live in Orlando. His son, Shane Larkin, is a senior basketball player at Dr. Phillips.